The evolution of educational inequalities in smoking: A changing relationship and a cross-over effect among German birth cohorts of 1921-70

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1051-1056

  Schulze, Alexander ^a,b   Mons, Ute ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Education; Germany; Health inequalities; SES; Smoking; Smoking uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744928112     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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